1 Wisdom gave success to their actions through a holy prophet;
2 they crossed an uninhabited wilderness and pitched camp in inaccessible places.
3 They stood up to their enemies and fought off the hostile.
4 When they were thirsty they called on you and you gave them water from hard flint, from a rocky cliff, a welcome relief for the parched.
5 The same creatures you used to punish their enemies were of benefit to them in their trouble.
6 For their enemies an ever-flowing source of river water was polluted with blood -
7 a stern response to the decree ordering the slaughter of infants. But, against all hope, you gave your people water in abundance,
8 showing them by the thirst they suffered, how you had punished their enemies.
9 Their trials were no more than merciful reproofs. Through them, your people learned how severely the wicked were judged and punished.
10 You tested them as does a father, while you examined their enemies like a stern king.
11 Their enemies suffered at the time and also later.
12 When they remembered the past, theirs was a double grief and groaning.
13 They came to see that it was the work of the Lord when they realized that their punishment had benefited the others.
14 Long before, they had exposed Moses; they had rejected him in derision; but now they admired him because of what had happened, and after they had suffered a thirst far different from that of the righteous.
15 Their wickedness and foolish ideas led them astray, even to worshiping snakes and other repugnant animals; this is why you sent them hordes of similar creatures,
16 teaching them that punishment takes the same form as the sin.
17 In fact, your almighty power that created the world from formless matter did not lack means to unleash upon them bears and savage lions,
18 or monsters freshly created, unknown and full of fury, breathing fire or noisily spitting smoke or flashing fearful sparks from their eyes,
19 creatures not only capable of destroying them at a single blow but whose mere appearance could make them die of fright.
20 Even without this, they could have dropped dead at a single breath if pursued by your justice, or dispersed by the breath of your might; but you ordered all with measure, number and weight.
21 You are able to show your power at any moment and who can resist the strength of your arm?
22 For the entire world lies before you, just enough to tip the scales, a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.
23 But because you are almighty, you are merciful to all; you overlook sins and give your children time to repent.
24 You love everything that exists and hate nothing that you have made; had you hated anything, you would not have formed it.
25 How could anything endure if you did not will it? And how could anything last that you had not willed?
26 You have compassion on all because all is yours, O Lord, lover of life.
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Chapter 11 of the Wisdom Book presents a reflection on divine action in the history of humanity, showing how God leads and protects his people. Moreover, the importance of recognizing the greatness of God and relying on his wisdom stands out. Following are five verses related to these themes:
Psalm 139:5: "You have surrounded me behind and on, and put your hand over me." This verse highlights God's action in people's lives, protecting them and taking care of them.
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust the Lord of all your heart, and do not stir in your own understanding. Recognizes him in all your ways, and he will straighten your paths." This verse shows the importance of trusting God and recognizing his wisdom, allowing him to direct our ways.
Isaiah 55:8-9: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, says the Lord. For, just as heaven are higher than the earth, so are my ways the most High than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. " This verse emphasizes the greatness and wisdom of God, showing that their ways are higher and wiser than ours.
Romans 11:33-34: "O depth of riches, both wisdom, and of the science of God! How unsetable their judgments are, and how unscructable, their ways! your counselor? " This verse highlights the wisdom and greatness of God, showing that their ways are unfathomable and that no one can completely understand their plans.
Ephesians 3:20-21: "Now, to the one who is powerful to do everything much more abundantly beyond what we ask or think, according to the power that operates in us, to this glory in the Church, by Jesus Christ, in all generations, forever and ever. Amen! " This verse highlights God's greatness and ability to do much more than we can ask or think, showing that we can fully trust his wisdom and power.
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